Dramatic Improvements in 13 Year Old with T1 Diabetes
Gordon Diabetes Reversal Project

BACKGROUND:
The following table shows daily blood glucose and insulin dosages for a 13 year old African American male middle-school student who has had type-1 diabetes for 3 years and has been under the care of Duke University Endocrinology. Prior to beginning a series of environmental & lifestyle changes, Gordon was experiencing highly elevated blood glucose that was not being controlled by daily insulin. Columns show blood glucose levels prior to breakfast, lunch and dinner. The column title "Lantus" lists the total units Gordon was taking prior to bed of this long lasting time-release insulin. The levels of Lantus were adjusted every few days in an attempt to have a morning glucose as close to 100 as possible. Dates from December 10 through December 16 serve as a baseline which shows glucose and Lantus levels prior to beginning the environmental and lifetsyle interventions. Gordon was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes at Duke University in Durham, NC in spring of 2014. At diagnosis he had a blood sugar of over 700 and was positive for 3 antibodies including high levels of GAD. C-Peptide was 0.3 at diagnosis. Lab results clearly confirm a solid type-1 diagnosis and proper treatment protocol.

IMPLEMENTING CONCLUSIONS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH
On the evening of December 16th, 2016, I met with Gordon's mother (Crystal) at her home in Durham, North Carolina and discussed the possibility of her cooperation in beginning a diabetes treatment lifestyle intervention trial. Due to the severe problems her son was having with diabetes control and the inability of current treatments to correct the problem - the mother agreed. During the course of 6 weeks we gradually increased the number of interventions. This included removal of various consumer products containing compounds reported in scientific studies as being linked with autoimmunity, oxidative stress, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance or found at higher levels in patients with diabetes. Consumer products containing chemicals linked to these problems included: air fresheners - colognes - perfumes - clorox - fragranced detergents - fabric softeners - countertop disinfectants - foods containing monosodium glutamate - sodium nitrate - artificial flavors - colors. Aslo, as pesticides in food have recently been found at far higher levels in children with type-1 diabetes, toward the end of our trial, Gordon was given an increasing amount of organic foods to about 75% of his total diet. In observation, while the initial interventions resulted in a very large improvement in glucose control and apparent increase in insulin output, the organic diet for the final 3 weeks seemed to further accelerate improvement. This might be explained by a 2012 Greek study at Mansoura Children's Hospital which found that 75 children with recently diagnosed type-1 diabetes had (on average) 29x higher blood levels of more than 3 different food pesticides than 35 children who did not have diabetes, thereby suggesting a potential causative factor. In another study co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, it was found that children switching to organic food experienced a dramatic reduction in blood levels of food pesticides in 24 hours.

BASELINE - Dec 10-16 Prior to Beginning Interventions

December 2016

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Avg

Lantus

Comments

Dec 10

295

64

155

24

Latus at 24 units (prescribed dose past several years)

Dec 11

329

533

307

24

Novalog 1 Unit per 5 carbs (10u per 50)
Even with this dose glucose was exceptionally high.

Dec 12

346

335

319

24

Dec 13

327

326

246

24

Dec 14

291

308

249

24

Dec 15

341

264

411

24

Dec 16

302

256

337

24

BEGIN INTERVENTION
Met with mother - Discussed research on consumer products containing chemicals linked with diabetes.
First intervention included removal of plug-in air fresheners in bedrooms and having Gordon stop his daily use of cologne prior to school.
Note how glucose levels showed remarkable improvements beginning the 4th day of our program on Dec. 20,
This provides strong evidence that phthalates and other chemicals in plug-in air fresheners & fragrances can significantly elevate blood sugars by any number of routes (ie. oxidative stress, autoimmunity, hormorne disruption).

Dec 17

342

244

323

24u

Dec 18

353

328

339

24u

Dec 19

274

329

443

24u

Dec 20

201

74

163

24u

Dec 21

145

91

139

24u

Dec 22

208

68

88

24u

Dec 23

132

262

139

24u

Dec 24

130

260

73

24u

Dec 25

134

260

168

24u

Dec 26

156

57

79

25u

LANTUS INCREASED to get AM glucose closer to 100

Dec 27

81

69

71

25u

Dec 28

88

171

70

25u

Dec 29

73

57

139

25u

Dec 30

123

67

136

25u

Dec 31

72

57

148

24u

LANTUS REDUCED to 24

January 2017

Jan 1

112

107

201

24u

Jan 2

77

95

80

24u

Jan 3

74

63

135

24u

Jan 4

75

70

195

23u

LANTUS REDUCED to 23
3 days of AM low - Aspartame cereal after school possibly explaining 195 before dinner and high of 220 next morning.

Jan 5

220

98

111

23u

Jan 6

137

95

189

23u

Jan 7

78

114

146

22u

LANTUS REDUCED to 22

Jan 8

127

192

88

22u

Jan 9

75

78

136

X

Gordon forgot to take Lantus at night (fell asleep)

Jan 10

201

141

146

22u

NOVALOG REDUCED to 1u per 7 carbs because of previous day's low at lunch. Even though today's numbers were higher - we did not change Novalog. Interesting how next day's numbers became "normal"

Jan 11

58

90

111

19u

LANTUS REDUCED to 19 as AM very low

Jan 12

213

103

218

20u

LANTUS INCREASED to 20 as AM was high

Jan 13

118

98

167

20u

Jan 14

126

82

133

20u

Jan 15

88

114

201

20u

Although not done here - I'm considering on using morning glucose of 85 or 90 as threshhold of when to reduce Lantis as numbers may not go lower if alpha-cells are working to raise blood sugar via production of glucagon.

Jan 16

141

135

151

20u

Jan 17

58

118

156

19u

LANTUS REDUCED to 19 as AM very low

Jan 18

84

120

130

19u

Jan 19

101

105

155

19u

Jan 20

79

144

142

18u

LANTUS REDUCED to 18

Jan 21

59

118

113

17u

LANTUS REDUCED to 17 - Period of accelerated regeneration?

Jan 22

101/170

170

151

17u

Gordon ate aspartame cereal at 6AM & aspartame popsicle 10AM explains rise to 170. We are seeing a pattern of eating aspartame and sucralose and subsequent elevated glucose. Gordon
took 1 unit insulin to reduce glucose - which interestingly had no effect, so Gordon took another unit & still no effect, thereby suggesting aspartame may cause insulin resistance or suppression of gene expression of insulin receptor or glucose transport genes.

Jan 23

92

101

136

17u

Jan 24

84

61

152

17u

Jan 25

74

95

79

16u

LANTUS REDUCED to 16

Jan 26

69

108

149

13u

LANTUS REDUCED to 13 (to observe effect) - tolerated

Jan 27

121

127

253*

13u

Complained of strong gasoline/chemical smell when walking to the store with his sister at 3 PM and prior to dinner measurement. Suggest chemical was responsible for insulin resistance since glucose raised without eating additional carbs.

Jan 28

97

103

59

13u

Jan 29

129

84

136

13u

Jan 30

78

94

248*

13u

LANTUS REDUCED to 13 - Electrician worked on heating unit inside home. Mother said they used strong spray chemical on unit which lingered in home - she did not open windows. This could explain high of 248 at dinner. Interestingly, each time we observe an "unexplained high" we are able to find a preceding event of exposure.

Jan 31

140

75

118

13u

Feb 1

118

56

101/204*

13u

Gordon's mother did a "nighttime" Clorox floor cleaning at 11PM. Gordon woke up at midnight & tested again - his sugar was 204 at midnight, thereby suggesting bleach and by-products may impair glucose control. The chlorine byproduct dichlorophenol is formed after using clorox and has been linked to diabetes and glucose issues.

Mother told Gordon not to take dinner insulin at all (worried for some reason) and defying all logic, Gordon's next morning blood sugar was very low instead of high. This also implies another regenerative period. Some studies show that high blood sugar (at some times) can send a signal to the beta-cell systems to encourage regeneration.